Fuel Treatment for Diesel Engines

Power stations are responsible for the important job of securing the energy supply. Whether electricity or heat, it all has to keep moving, round the clock. Because without power, literally nothing works. To keep all switches in power stations to “On”, every source of risk must therefore be excluded. In particular, this includes contaminants in fuels for the diesel engines. In the course of operation, these contaminants can have fatal consequences. The solution is the appropriate treatment system from GEA Westfalia Separator.

The light, medium and heavy fuel oils used as fuel for the diesel engines are usually mixed oils or oils left over from the refining process. These leftovers generally contain an elevated proportion of the wear-increasing components known as cat fines. The product can also absorb further contaminants from the transport and storage chain. If these oils are combusted in a diesel engine without being treated beforehand, this can result in severe wear on injection nozzles, fuel pumps, cylinder liners and pistons.

The consequences are:

• Leaking valves
• Coking of the combustion chamber accompanied by reduced cooling performance
• Corrosion
• Erosion

Treatment systems with separators from GEA Westfalia Separator put a stop to these undesired consequences: solid foreign substances such as sand, rust and cat fines are as reliably separated as free water, consequently ruling out encrustation and burning together of important parts of the engine. The service life of cylinders, pistons, nozzles and feed pumps is considerably increased. Against this background, even lower-grade oils can be used as a fuel without any concerns.